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Rifleman CECIL ERNEST WRIGHT

Service Number: 21740
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XII. G. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 18th Bn. London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Rosetta Wright, of Long Ditton, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED AND MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 815
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